National League teams are supposed to score runs with walks, hit-and-runs, base hits and bunts. 

May 9, 2009 (Morning Call delivered byNewstex) -- 

Two wins in three games at Citizens Bank Park helped get the Atlanta Braves off to a fast start this season, but over the next three weeks they slowed down considerably. 

Javier Vazquez kept his pitches down and in the strike zone. 

Mets manager Jerry Manuel was suspended one game and fined for making contact with an umpire during an argument in a game on Thursday night. 

Cole Hamels stepped in against the young righthander, then thought better of it. 

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THEPhillies' planned visit to the White House ended before it ever began as the club hastily canceled the April 14 trip in the wake of legendary broadcaster Harry Kalas' death. 

It's debatable which was more uplifting for thePhillies last night at Citizens Bank Park - Cole Hamels running hell-bent down the first-base line without slipping on a banana peel; or the Atlanta Braves flailing at his clever mixture of fastballs and chan 

--CF Shane Victorino went 0-for-4 Friday night against the Atlanta Braves and had his career-high 16-game hitting streak snapped. 

--LHP Jamie Moyer's dismal performance Thursday night against the Mets in New York left the Phillies' starting rotation with a 6. 

Three days ago, Cole Hamels boldly tempted fate. 

--CF Shane Victorino went 0-for-4 Friday night against the Atlanta Braves and had his career-high 16-game hitting streak snapped. 

On a warm afternoon in mid-April, the sad news swept across the sports wires that beloved Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas had passed away while preparing for an afternoon game in Washington. 

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